Create a video for promoting my book

Contest Brief

Hello,

I just published a book on Amazon. Now I need a video ad to promote the book on various media, mainly Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Tik Tok and YouTube. The main content of the video will be a poem from the book and a call to action to inform the user to buy the book on amazon.

I need a single video ad resized and laid out for various post sizes. (e.g. instagram post vs instagram story or YouTube needs different aspect ratio and resolution.) I need the highest possible resolution that is supported by all social media platforms. But not bigger than 4K.

I will provide an image (attached as background.png) for the background. You will need to recreate this grid and animate it. You will see tiny little bubbles. I need those floating around on the background. The upper portion will be the name of the book. See attached book-title.jpg to see what that looks like.

Title Text: 'The Lost Scroll' Font: French Script MT
Subtitle Text: 'SERENUS' Font: OCR A EXTENDED

Here is the text for poem:

Your vessel is sinking; survive the tides,
The end is coming; open your eyes.
Live and think, but don’t you stall,
Catch the wizard, go past the fall.
The prophecy is cruel and very clever,
The fruitless war goes on forever,
Look to the future, but first in your past;
Know that your world is oh so vast!

There is a hex grid on the background. Each individual hexagon will flip around to transition between verses/lines of poem. The video should look very high tech, futuristic and impressive.

The poem will be shown one line/verse at a time as it is being read in the video. I will provide the audio. It was recorded by an A+ rated professional voice-over actor. The quality of the audio must not be degraded. It is attached as 'The_Lost_Scroll_Trailer_5_5_22.wav'. Only the first 43 seconds of the audio will be part of this video ad. The entire video should be ~50 seconds long.

When the entire poem has been read, after a pause of a second, all the grids flip around to show the marketing promotional image of the book (see image book-marketing.png). Tiny bubbles on the background still floating around. At this point, in the video, the following text needs to appear on the screen. Very prominently to attract the viewer's attention. (The Lost Scroll - Find it on Amazon!)

All the content attached is copyrighted and can not be used for any purpose other than for creating this video ad.

Thanks.

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  • Yehia737
    Yehia737
    • 2 years ago

    Please Contest Holder , kindely extend the contest . Thanks

    • 2 years ago
  • arhilass96
    arhilass96
    • 2 years ago

    any feedback in #29

    • 2 years ago
    1. khalid217
      Contest Holder
      • 2 years ago

      Added as a comment on your entry.

      • 2 years ago
    2. arhilass96
      arhilass96
      • 2 years ago

      Check #37
      Thanks

      • 2 years ago
  • evogroups
    evogroups
    • 2 years ago

    #35

    • 2 years ago
  • AhmadSedky
    AhmadSedky
    • 2 years ago

    i can do sth awesome but i need more time

    • 2 years ago
  • YaserBarakzy
    YaserBarakzy
    • 2 years ago

    Please take a look at #34

    • 2 years ago
  • YaserBarakzy
    YaserBarakzy
    • 2 years ago

    Working, Please wait

    • 2 years ago
  • khalid217
    Contest Holder
    • 2 years ago

    Hi there, 1 day to go in the contest. Based on all the entries I have seen, there isn't any I can pick. Maybe someone is still working on something that I will like but so far very disappointing results.

    So, I am changing the rules a little. I created a simple video myself and am posting it here. Whoever can make this look more professional gets the contest award.

    I am posting two links. The first one is what I created as a final video that I can use if no one can come up with something better. here is the link:
    https://drive.google.com/file/d/18vZj0QBpFa7P6ACPv70zWVp-wjvp4Gqv/view?usp=sharing

    The second link below is the same video without the background sound track and the subtitles. If anyone is interested in working on this, your goal is to make it better than what I have in the link above. Here is the link for the video without soundtrack and text:
    https://drive.google.com/file/d/18ylwE9G6FYNIIY7-AfKeTY2EJnnHls88/view?usp=sharing

    • 2 years ago
  • orionfx
    orionfx
    • 2 years ago

    check my entry #24

    • 2 years ago
  • dbharadava300
    dbharadava300
    • 2 years ago

    can youplz suggest me what i improcve? #11 have you seen last scene ?

    • 2 years ago
    1. khalid217
      Contest Holder
      • 2 years ago

      Hello, yes i have seen the last scene. It's very nice animation. But others have already submitted much more refined versions. Thanks.

      • 2 years ago
  • khalid217
    Contest Holder
    • 2 years ago

    I'm totally open to extending the contest for a few days. I just ask that you please share the progress so I know what I am waiting for. Thanks!

    • 2 years ago
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    1. vrihaspati110
      vrihaspati110
      • 2 years ago

      https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rOzdkBHq3HCiTa6SD4PuuOh051X897rV/view?usp=sharing I am adding text rn.

      • 2 years ago
    2. vrihaspati110
      vrihaspati110
      • 2 years ago

      https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zyxNX9JMH6xOMRaygnRIvKY4iEjidy_b/view?usp=sharing Progress so far.

      • 2 years ago
  • Minoufrikh
    Minoufrikh
    • 2 years ago

    Hi sir , i'm working on something that takes along time , please do not close it before the end
    i have a question can you provide a picture of the bubble ? so that i give the exact thing you want
    thank you

    • 2 years ago
    1. Minoufrikh
      Minoufrikh
      • 2 years ago

      and also the used grid png
      that would be great

      • 2 years ago
    2. khalid217
      Contest Holder
      • 2 years ago

      Hello, Please take a look at background.png that is attached with the project description. The tiny little dots is what I called bubbles. The hex grid is also in that image. This is all I have. Thanks.

      • 2 years ago
  • AhmadSedky
    AhmadSedky
    • 2 years ago

    I'm interested in your project. check entry #9

    • 2 years ago
  • AmirGhf
    AmirGhf
    • 2 years ago

    it seems an interesting project. I'm working on it !

    • 2 years ago
  • khalid217
    Contest Holder
    • 2 years ago

    Some clarification:

    I am not looking for something I could create in iMovie myself. This video ad will need to appear very professional and impressive. The background image I provided is to show what the background should look like. You can't use that image as background. The grid, the bubbles will have to be recreated as an animated scene. Each individual grid needs to flip around to reveal a new verse/line of poem.

    This will need to be a customized video created from scratch.

    Please feel free to ask any questions here.

    Thanks!

    • 2 years ago
    1. khalid217
      Contest Holder
      • 2 years ago

      The tiny bubbles in the background float around. The hexagonal grid stays in place. Hexagons are filled in like they are closed. the filled-in part flips for the hexagons in the middle of the screen to reveal the next scene. Every scene change is presented by flipping the hexagons.

      • 2 years ago
  • khalid217
    Contest Holder
    • 2 years ago

    I have attached the full book cover (front, spine and back) with the project description.

    • 2 years ago
  • AhmadSedky
    AhmadSedky
    • 2 years ago

    there are plenty of templates if you'd like some fast work, or designing from scratch. Both of which will suit your budget. you still need to provide images of the book itself

    • 2 years ago
  • ibharatsolanki
    ibharatsolanki
    • 2 years ago

    can you plz send me front, back and spine image of your book.

    • 2 years ago
  • kazigalib
    kazigalib
    • 2 years ago

    Can I have cover Images of your book?

    • 2 years ago

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